Football trousers



m e l am TU um ma fm v l .A A c M www r. u. .M 4,1, f m M, E G d M z .0 a c c b w 10W i IMM lldlll l r n Patented July 19, 1927. v 1,636,559

UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE..

GEORGE W. ORUDEN, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AssIGNoR 'ro A. G. SPALDING a BROS., E NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION' OE NEW JERSEY.

Yrooriaisua. TROUSERS..

` applicativa aleiixay 3,1927. .serial No. 188,452.

This invention pertains to trousers for'use Figui-e2 is a sectional .View taken in a in games. such as football or the like, where Plan@ ilullllofl by ttl@ MM2-2 in Figure/.1 55 it. is desirable to provide padding Orguards andlooliing in the direction .of the arrows; or other'protective material in the garments and. I f t `5 worn by the players. It is customary to in-l Figure 3 is a View of the protective pad corporate in football trousers, for instance, showing the manner of adjustably suspendpadding to protect the thighs of the wearer.: ing it 'from tlie tape. 80 But such padding must be positioned differ-" The .leg sections a, a, are formed on the entlv in trousers'of different sizes in order inside thereof with pockets a', a". The

to protect the wearer from injury. And in pockets 'are stitched to the leg sections on a game such as football the saine pair of three sides but are Open at the top as at a. trousers may be worn at various times by Vithin the pockets a', a', are disposed the 65 different players who may vary greatly in pads b, suspended upon tapes c, c, which size. t is. therefore, of importance to be are stitched to the waist section a of the garable to change the position of the padding mont as at at, at.

to a'ord proper protection. The pads b, o, are formed of strips of f It has heretofore been proposed to provide Soft, yielding, protective material b stitched 70 trousers with pads suspended from the waist to sections 'b2 of stiff, fibrous material shaped section of the garment and dis-posed in pockto the general contours of the thighs. The

2O ets formed 0n fhg inner Sides of the leggsec- SPCIODS 52 are formed With a SI'eS 0f SlOtS. tions. But so far as is known no means The tapes care threaded through the slots lhave been provided whereby the relative b3, Z1, b5, o" and L in the manner shown in 75 height of the pads might be varied to afl'ord Figures 2 and 3. the ends of the tapes being proper protection to the thighs of wearers installed to the sections b2 as at c.

ot" different sizes. Accordingly thepresent It will be seen that the p-ads b, are invention seeks to provide means tO adjust maintained in position with the leg sections the relative height of such pads wholly witha, m. by the pockets ft', a. To adjust the 30 out the useof any metallic adjusting devices. height of the pads with respect to the waist Thus, the pads are provided with a series 01 the garment the portion c2 of the tape is of slots through which are threaded tapes pulled downwardly. `The iortion .cs is then ot elastic or non-elastic material, by means pulled upwardly, the exten ed portion lying of which the pads, disposed within the pookbetween the portion 02 and the surface' of 85 ets on-the inside of the leg sections, are susthe sectionsy b2. The portion c* of the tape. pended from the waist section of the garis then pulled taut and the tape will he prement. The tapes pass alternately back and vented from slipping through the slots beforth through the slots in such aV manner that cause of the manner in which it is threaded the height of the pads may be adjusted at through them and because the extended porwill by merely drawing the tapes through tion o3' will be engaged frictionally by the the slots to the desired extent. The pads portion c2 and the surface of the section bz.

4o will be held in place in any adjusted. posi- The pads are, of course, so mounted withtion, wholly without the use of buckles or Vin the pockets that the protective material other metallic means by virtue of the manis on the inside adjacent the thighs of the ner in which the tapes are threaded through wearer. The means for adjusting the relathe slots. y tive height of the pads are such that no 45 rEhe invention may be more fully undermetallic buckles or other means which might stood from the following detailed descripcauso injury are required. The adjusting tion. The description should be read in conmeans are. wholly self-conta ined and form a nection with the accompanying drawings, in part of the means whereby the pads are which: l suspended upon the tapes.

50 Figure l is a View in front elevation of a Various modifications in the arrangement pair of trousers showing the protective pads as shown and described may be made withsuspended in place according to the invenout departing from the spirit and scope of tion; v the invention and nothing which has been -said pads carried with waist section, pockets formed on the inner sides of the leg sectionsV to maintain said pads in position, said tapes passing Vthrough slots formed in the vs'tift' sections of the pads, whereby the height of the pads with respect to the waist sectiom` may be varied.

2. In'a garment for athletic purposes hav- -ing leg sec-tions and a waist section, pads formed of soft yielding protective materlal stitched to sections ot stiff material, slots in the sections of stiff material, tapes stitched at one of their ends to the Waist sectionnd respect to the waist section may fastened at their other ends to the sections of stiif material and passing through said slots, whereby the height of the ads `with varied, and pockets formed on the inner sides of the leg sections to maintain the` pads in position.`

3. Athletic trousers provided with thigh pads formed of a sti protective material7V slots in the pads. .tapes carried at one of 4their ends-with the waist section and fastened at their other ends to the pads and passing back and forth through the slots, whereby the height of the pads with respect to the waist section may be varied, and means to maintain -the pads in position relative to the thighs of the wearer.

This specification `signed this 26th day of April A. D. 1927.

GEORGE* w. 'CRUDEN 

